Delta Flight Skids Off Runway at JFK Airport

The Aircraft Slid Into the Snow as it Turned Onto the Taxiway

By

Alison Fox

Updated Jan. 5, 2014 1:24 p.m. ET

A Delta Air Lines flight skidded off the runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City Sunday morning after landing normally, causing the airport to temporarily shut down, authorities said.

The aircraft slid into a snowbank as it turned off a runway onto the taxiway, said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The flight originated in Toronto about 6 a.m. and initially landed safely...